Tikhiy Don (Russian: Ти́хий Дон, lit. 'Quiet Don') is a Russian sleeper train connecting Rostov-on-Don and Moscow.[1]

Tikhiy Don

The Tikhiy Don at Rostov-Glavny railway station, Rostov-on-Don.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Locale	Russia
First service	January 1966
Current operator(s)	Russian Railways
Route
Termini	Moscow Kazansky Rostov-Glavny
Stops	12
Distance travelled	1,223 kilometres (760 mi)
Average journey time	16 h 22 m
Technical
Track owner(s)	North Caucasus Railway South Eastern Railway Moscow Railway
Route map

General

The Tikhiy Don runs from the Rostov-Glavny station in Rostov-on-Don to Kazansky Rail Station in Moscow. It started its first regular service in January 1966. The total distance is 1,223 kilometres (760 mi), and it takes about eighteen hours to travel through it (in one direction). The train banner is similar to the flag of Rostov Oblast.[2]

Stations

• Novocherkassk
• Shakhtnaya
• Likhaya
• Kamenskaya
• Millerovo
• Chertkovo
• Rossosh
• Liski
• Voronezh
• Gryazi
• Michurinsk
• Ryazan

Till June, 1st, 2009 the train Tikhiy Don carried out passenger transportations together with the train Ataman Platov named after Russian Cossack general Matvei Platov.

See also

• North Caucasus Railway
• Rostov-on-Don
• And Quiet Flows the Don

References

External links

• Russian Rail Ways site

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На других языках

[ru] Тихий Дон (поезд)